by Hampton | Nov 14, 2008 | buildingaboat, missions, Uncategorized |
Hey everyone just winding down for the day thought i would drop you a note. Please excuse he grammer and typos. Well we are here in Mexico took us about six hours to get to the. AIM compound just West of Matamoras. We got in around 3 today and got settled in while we waited for the other groups to arrive. There are 13 guys total on the trip from Lake Hills and another 30 or so from Atlanta. The guys from Atlanta had a lot of trouble getting here travelwise but everyone made it safe and sound. We had a great time on the way down telling stories and getting to know one another. I rode with Tim our team lead he drove and had Ellory riding shotgun. We had Scot and Mo who are both like 40 and huge adrenaline junkies both into motocross and bikes and neither knew the other. There is Dean who was pretty quiet on the way down till we got him telling stories. Spent most of the trip talking to Brett. He is in the hotel business and has been all over the world. So that is the first group and my team. We played bocce ball and dominos tonight and then spent some time in worship singing some tunes. We are going to Pan de Vida orphanage in the AM to hang with about 30 kids. We have tons of candy and I have some toys that my kids gave me to bring to them. We will be building houses in the afternoon and then back here to the compound around...
by Hampton | May 8, 2008 | buildingaboat, missions, Uncategorized |
Updates from Jim’s trip. Sent via his blackberry – Day 1 – Heading to Mexico Thanks to everyone for both your prayers and donations. I am at airport getting ready to head out. I am both anxious and nervous not sure what is really going to happen yet. I do know we will be working to build shelters on a landfill inside Mexico. We are headed into mexico later today to scope out what we will be working on then come backto the US to pick up the group at the airport. We are staying in the US at night and going across the border each day I know there are going to be some young kids living at this landfill and I am pretty excited to meet them. Our kids have given me a few of their toys that I am taking with me to hopefully give out. Plus I bought two HUGE bags of Starburst candy. And then this morning I bought rattlesnake eggs in the airport. Now for those that were fortuant enough to not have this gag played on you let me try to describe. It is an envelope with a metal washer tied to a rubber band stretched between a piece of metal. You twist the washer on the rubber band tight and close the envelope. Then when the person opens the envelope it vibrates like there is some thing in the envelope. Should be pretty funny and I am sure the kids will get a kick out of it. If not sugar never fails to please! Anyway we are starting to...
